Hand brake mechanism.



' J. R. CARMER. HAND BRAKE MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.11,1910.'

979,379, Patented De0. 20, 1910.

, UNITED s'rn'gns PATENT I QFFICE.

LADIES R. CARMEJL, OF \VIIMINGTON, DELAR JLRE.

'5 State of Delaware, have invented new and useful In'iprovements in Hand Brake Mechenism,of whichv the following is a specification. 4 Myv presentinvention relates to improvements in brake mechnni'sinfor railway cars,

and it h'as fdritsobjects primarily to provide' improved 'meiins for connecting the brake shaft or stalf'td the ratchet orlocking wheel Without the necessity of using a pm or he as heretofore em loyed' and which lnatermll weaken the etc and also to no- 'vide fa. combination bearing and spacin bracket for the brake stall, ratchet wheel an pawl, whereby the rtitchet wheel vwill pro-- 2o video-bearing furthe brake staff, the ratchet wheeL vill be retained in. cooperative relax-- 5 with 'anopenin tion' with the locking hracl eg-end-th :iwlI and bearing e bear provides. but

:.-rceive the lockin pawl a'nd' ratchet wheel will be properly spaced and theseparts-will be rneintoined in proper cooperative relation. Te'tlie nndf"other ends, the invention consists in certain improvements, and combinations' and irrrangementsofparts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the

novel features being pointed out particularly inthe claims at the'erid of the specification. In the'accompsnying drawin Figure 1 .i presee shr keet isle-ra w y. we rov de'd fjwitli? my .'.-present""1mprovements;-

Pig. 2 re resents t top plan view of the ratchet w eel, locking pawl, and the combined bearing and'spacin'g bracket; Fig. 3

represents a section on the line 3-3 of Fig.

2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the bearing and spacing bracket.

Similar arts are designated b the same reference. 0 ill'flCiCl'S in the severa' 'views i y present improvements may be applied advantageously to brake mechanisms for railway cars of dillerenttt es and, moreover, it mav be applied to such rake mechanisms in rlili'erent ways. In the present instance,' I have shown the improvements asapphed to brake mechanisms for ordinary freight. cars, but it will be understood that the present embodiment of} e inventionis but one exam le, and that modifications and chain es may made in the construction or the re ative arrangement, (if the parts, in order that as square.

racl ret preferably theinvention may be applied to ihe best advantage-in euohciise. f?

In the resent instance, 1 design-rites the brake she t. or staff which, according to the present invention, is preferably made of a rod which is rectangular in cross-section,

this staff in the resent instance being shown I i he ower end 2 of the stslf may be rounded to form a journal and is shown supported in a bearing bracket 3, the brake chain being usually connected to the lower end of the stall". The upper end of the staff may be provided with the usual hand.

wheel 4.- or its eqnialent whereby the staff.

may be rotated to the brakes The ratchet wheel 5 which serves to lock the staff while the brakes .arefiset may be placed {it angcsnitable point in the length of the staff, it ing placed toward the upper end of the sta/fi' in the present instance and adjacent to 6 step 6. This ratchet, wheel is provided and Ebrresponds substantially with the cross-section of the stali,.this opening 7 the presentinstance being square to receive the-square brake ste ii.

Twhich is angular in form In order to. rovide a suitable bearing for the. angularrake stall, .l provide the ratchet wheel with an axially extended hub 8 wl'iich is cylindrical in form and serves as V a. ]0urna.l.' This ournal portion 8 of the ratchet wheel is'revolubly seatedin-ii'litiliinular bearing 9 formed in a 'bmcket 10.-

This bracket 10 is suitably securedto the stationary support. In order to prer side of the step 6 or teeny otherfsnitvent the ratchet wheel from rising andthere-by disengaging the hub portion 8 thereon from its beau-mp: in the bracket 10, I form. the bracket 10 with a guard 11 which in the present instance is in theiformof a li which may be cast or formed integrally wit liiebracket. This guard is arranged immediately above the 11 per side of the ratchet 'wheel and thereby holds the some in coopcrative relation with the bracket.

The ratchet wheel is locked while the bra kes are set by means of a suitable pawl .12. In. order to maintain a proper spacing tween the ratchet wheel and pawl and to prevent these parts from spreading under the strain, I prefer to form the bracket 10' with an extension 13 and to form' this exten- .s1on with an upwardly extending trunnion or nn 14, this trunnion or pin receiving and fulcrum for said pawl."

forming a fulcrum or pivot for the pawl 12. This trunnion or pin lfl: is preferab y bored to permit the assagfloi-a bolt 15 wlncl may also extend through the step or suppbrt 6 and ther y assist the bolt 16, in retaining the combi' iation bearing and spacing bracket in osition. To retain the awl in proper osition, the bolt 15*- may ii ead or other enlargement' 17 to bear upon the top or upper side of the pawl and thereby prevent the pawl from rising and disemga lng from the trunnion.

Kccording to my present invention, the combination bearin' and spacing bracket serves to rigidly an positively maintain the ratchet-wheela'nd pawl in pro er operative relation, brake stalls of angu ar cross-section ma be used, the ratchet wheel may be a mount or applied to the b ake staff any point in its length and without the necessity of using a in or lie which would weaken the staff, an a simp 'e and'efiicient 4 bearing for the angular brake staff is pro. 'vided, 'the construction of the parts being suchthat thev-Ima be quickly assembled' and in case of brea age, new arts may be substituted with the greatest acilit'y.

I claim as my invention:

the combination of a brake staff of angular cross-section, a ratchet wheel 006 era'tive therewith and having a locking paw and a bracket having a bearing to receive a, jour-' nal portion formed separately from andsur-- 'rounpling said stafi and having a part co- 0 erat've withthe ratchet wheel to'retain esa: S j hperative relation to said pawl.

2? lnbrakgnechanism forfrailway cars, the combination of a brakest-afi', a ratchet wheel turnable with the brake ,stafi, a look-- ing pawl, and a staff, a part 006 erative with the ratchet wheel to retain t e'sa'mein' operative relation with said pawl and having a trunnion -formed thereon which constitutes a pivot-or 3. In brake mechanism for railway cars, the combination of brake staff, a ratchet wheel turnable with-said Istafi, a lockin V awl for tperafiilit whhel, and a combine caring and spacing Bracket, said bracket ave a washer,

able therewith, a ocking with the ratchet wheel, the latter having abracke't. having; a' Ito-1 receive a journal-portion surrounding said having a bearing to receive a ournal poflion. surrounding the brake staff, a portion thercon coiiperative-with the ratchet wheel to rctain the latter in operative relation to said pawl and having a trunnion formed interally therewith and constituting a pivot or ulcrum for the locking pawl. 1 4. In brake mechanism for railway cars, the combination of a brake stafi having an angular cross section, a ratchet wheel applied tosaid'stafi andturn'able therewith, the ratchet wheel having a journal portion,

and a bracket having a bearing 'to receive the journal portion on the ratchet wheel and having a guard cooperative with the ratchet wheel to retainthe'latter in-coiiperative rela- -tionwitli the-bracket.

5. In brakemechanis'mfor railway cars, the combination ofa brake sta'fi' having an angular cross section, aratchet wheel apliedto the staff andhaving' a correspond- .wheel also having a hub forming a journal, and abracket .having a bearing to receive the 'ourna'l portion of-th'e ratchet wheel to .form a bearing for the angular stafl and also having a wheel an 1. In brake mechamsm ,for railwaycars,'

ard which overhangs the ratchet serves to retain the journal por- -tion.of the latter in coiiperative relation with the bearing portion of the bracket.

6; brake mechanism for'railway cars, the combination of a rectangular brake s'tafi,

a ratchet wheel aplied thereto and turnpawl co'ciperative hub ortion forming a journal, and. a combine bearing and spacing bracket having a bearing portion to-receive the-journal' per,

1ngly. shaped angular opening, the ratchet S tion of the ratchet wheel, a trunnion formiit' awl, and

a pivot or fulcrum for the locking a guard cooperative with the rate etwheel to-retain' the journal portionin operative relation with the bearing portion of the bracket. In testimony whereof I have'hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses; a

- JAMES R. OARMER.

)Vitnesses: D

HARRY P. Lawlmxcn, W. C. Dnorn. 

